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tweak!(core): Change default window size of detrend
WHY IS THIS CHANGE NEEDED?: - Sliding window detrending imposes oscillations onto time series. The period of these oscillations is determined by the size of the window. - I discovered this by varying the window size on my analysis of real data. HOW DOES THE CHANGE SOLVE THE PROBLEM?: - Re-defined the window size to match the period of a cell division cycle/yeast metabolic cycle under favourable conditions, assuming image sampling every 5 minutes (most common setting). Detrend process is used mainly in pre-processing to study biological oscillations -- the process removes long-term trends that may obscure these oscillations. - Changing the default parameter value does not solve the problem per se, but if the window size corresponds to the oscillation frequency, it will only reinforce these oscillations. WHAT SIDE EFFECTS DOES THIS CHANGE HAVE?: - Will change behaviour of skeletons scripts that rely on detrend, especially when no parameter value is defined. Users have to be aware of the new default value and may have to adjust the parameter value to suit their data. REFERENCES: - Issue #22
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